Using the OmniDB GUI tool
Graphical administration tools are often requested by system administrators. PostgreSQL has a range of tool options. In this book, we'll cover pgAdmin4 and OmniDB.
OmniDB is a client application that sends/receives SQL to/from PostgreSQL, displaying the results for you. The admin client can access many databases servers, allowing you to manage a fleet of servers. The tool works in both standalone app mode and within web browsers.
OmniDB is designed to access PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and Oracle in one interface, though it makes sure it provides full features for the PostgreSQL database: https://github.com/OmniDB/OmniDB.
OmniDB provides a very responsive interface and is designed with full security in mind. It can be used as a desktop application, and it can also be served using a web server to be accessed by the web browser of your choice.
How to do it…
OmniDB has the standard tree-view browsing interface...